Elbow pain can sneak up on you. At first, it may just feel like a small ache when you grip, lift, swing, type, pull, or carry something. Then it starts showing up during workouts, yard work, pickleball, golf, tennis, climbing, biking, manual labor, or even simple daily tasks like opening a jar or holding a coffee mug. Many people assume all outside elbow pain is “tennis elbow.” But elbow pain is not always that simple. At Performance & Recovery Clinic in Basalt, we evaluate e